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Quantitative Strategist (PhD)

Virtu Financial, Inc. - Austin, TX

Posted Feb 8, 2019

Benefits

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Salary
$175K-$200K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)
$106,409 U.S. median for this role
Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)
+7.7% - Faster than average

76% above the BLS role benchmark for finance aggregate.

Matched to SOC 13-2011 - Finance aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function
Finance From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
Seniority
Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Company

Equity
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Required From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
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About this role

Quantitative Strategist (PhD) Austin, TX Virtu is a leading financial firm that leverages cutting edge technology to deliver liquidity to the global markets and innovative, transparent trading solutions to our clients. As a market maker, Virtu provides deep liquidity that helps to create more efficient markets around the world. Our market structure expertise, broad diversification, and execution technology enables us to provide competitive bids and offers in over 19,000 securities, at over 235 venues, in 36 countries worldwide The firm's complementary core offerings-market making, client execution services, and trading venues-give Virtu a competitive advantage in developing and applying innovative tools that deliver efficiencies and performance across the organization. THE ROLE As a Quant at Virtu, you will be working on interdisciplinary teams alongside traders, quants and seasoned software engineers. The environment is collegiate and collaborative, encouraging exposure to many teams across the globe. - Apply your observation skills and modern statistical methods to identify and build predictive models - Research and implement new trading strategies - Analyze existing strategies to identify potential improvements - Develop risk models and frameworks to manage portfolio risks - Create tools to automate research tasks and improve visualization of complex data sets THE CANDIDATE - PhD in Science, Math, Engineering or other quantitative or STEM programs. - No previous Quant Finance or specific asset class experience required. - History of diverse, challenging, and interesting coursework paired with a strong GPA - Exceptional quantitative, mathematical, and problem-solving skills - Great communication skills and the ability to

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